Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Overview

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

• Practice 200% safety Accountability (self and others).
• Ensure site compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Oversee and develop the necessary policy/procedures and training necessary for all team members at the plant level to maintain compliance with required OSHA and EPA standards.
• Administer training to include topics such as LOTO, Right to Know, Confined Space, Hearing Conservation, Blood Borne Pathogen, and others as required.
• Lead the safety committee and safety culture for the plant and conduct injury investigations of every incident/injury.
• Monitor and make observations of unsafe work behavior and make the necessary follow up to correct the behavior.
• Assess facilities, equipment and machinery for unsafe conditions and ensure resolution.
• Provide safety performance measures, audits, and evaluates effectiveness of programs. Coordinate and complete compliance driven safety requirements such as annual noise surveys, industrial hygiene surveys, PPE assessment, HAZMAT.
• Coordinate and manage third-party service vendors/contractors with respect to environmental, health and safety programs.
• Assist legal, HR, and other business partners to coordinate the investigation, processing, and defense of claims.
• Develop and lead the accident investigation committee and first responder team.
• Lead the site-specific Process Safety Management (PSM) program.
• Partner with Legal and Corporate Safety to respond to regulatory body inquiries and activity.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to enhance and sustain a best-in-class safety strategy.
• Maintain and identify trends in health and safety metrics while using those metrics to drive continuous improvement by creating recommendations to the field based on interpretations.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

• Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety or related discipline accompanied by equivalent experience.
• CSP/ASP Preferred
• Prior manufacturing/warehousing health and safety experience at plant level preferred.
• Above-average communication skills.
• High level of personal and professional integrity.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Basic computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to positively interact with all levels of Manufacturing operations personnel.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment.